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The Counterrevolutionary Perspective

by Miguel Perez

A long time ago, when I was too young to be interested in politics, the Cuban government labeled me as a "counterrevolutionary." I had nothing to do with it. It was my parents' decision to take me off the communist island to become a refugee in the United States. But that was enough for my homeland to consider me an enemy.

In retrospect, of course, I think my parents' decision was brilliant. Once I became fully aware of the atrocities of the Cuban Revolution, I became a proud ...

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Posted by: Tily
Comment: #1
Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:24 AM

I'm afraid this is going to be the tone of this administration. This president lacks the skills and the ba--- that it takes to be the leader of the free world. He gave the brief and not clear message only after the polls showed the American people agreed that he's being too soft with the Iranian's oppressors as well as with the North Koreans. While watching the Iranians' courage to take to the streets and protest, I thought of my own people, I'm Cuban also, we always say the regime needs to be toppled from the inside, "the Cuban people must take to the streets and protest", well, not anymore. People that live under tyranny are watching the reaction of the USA, which has always been their hope for freedom, their hopes are shattered, the days of the Americans coming to the rescue of the oppressed are gone. All this president does is apologize for what he thinks the USA has done wrong. He highlights the wrongs instead of the great things this country has accomplished and done here and around the world. He wants to change this country to be like the ones he admires. We're in for some very hard times!

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